RFK Jr. to EPA!? What - Is Michael Skakel Busy?

What the? The Washington Post is reporting that seriously deranged crank Robert F Kennedy, Jr. is being considered to head the EPA. Remember that stuff that Obama said about "green development", well if it is up to RFK Jr. those words will mean that you will be "green" with envy of those who have energy. Nuclear? Forget it, didn't you see the China Syndrome? Oil? Forget it, Haliburton, Big Oil, Cheney. Coal? Forget it, saw it every year on Christmas morning. Hydro? Forget it, might hurt the salmon. Wind near Hyannisport? Forget it, might spoil my view. Tidal? Forget it, might hurt the fish...

Look, I'm willing to give Mr. Obama a chance but appointing RFK Jr. to head the EPA wouldn't give us Americans much of a chance. Besides, I would like to think that even the Obama people aren't ready for a guy who sounds like the winner of a Katherine Hepburn Drag Queen contest at the helm of the EPA.

Hat Tip: Instapundit, Reason

Flying Debris discussed Robert F Kennedy, Jr. over two years ago here.

"New Direction Congress" Throws Energy Policy Under Bus

My congressman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) was part of this morning's "Abandoned Democratic Press Conference on Energy - 2008" at which the leaders of the "Wrong Direction Party" were to outline their "Excuses For Not Doing Anything Useful About Energy Since 1972", which I guess is why they threw the press conference under the bus. The announcement for the then soon to be abandoned press conference described the 110th Congress as the "New Direction Congress", well considering that the majority Democratic Party has deemed that "Thou Shalt Not Drive - Unless Your Car Is A Prius or You Are Rich" it would seem like a new direction. This lack of meaningful policy is not a "New Direction" for the Democratic Party, rather it is "The Same Old Thing".

What they were prepared to tell the nation concerning their obstructionist policies that have exasperated the recent rise in gasoline prices is anybody's guess, however my instincts tell me that the EPA may have had a hand in the cancellation, the Capital simply is not prepared for that much manure.

Hat Tip: Powerline